Behavioral evidence for cone-based ultraviolet vision in divergent bat species and implications for its evolution

Zoologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-114

  Fujun, Xuan ^a   Kailiang, Hu ^a   Tengteng, Zhu ^a   Paul, Racey ^b   Xuzhong, Wang ^a   Yi, Sun ^a,c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Evolution; Fear conditioning; UV vision

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; HIPPOSIDEROS ARMIGER; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; ROUSETTUS; SCOTOPHILUS KUHLII;

EID: 84861469582     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702012000200002     Document Type: Article

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